At Agile Coach Camp North Carolina, I had the opportunity to give a lightning talk on Kanban on my posts: Scrum or Kanban? YES! and Kanban is a Gateway Drug Here it is: You may wish to check out the other lightning talks. Continue reading »

For years I have preferred Scrum as a starting place rather than XP since it is easier to adopt. One of the patterns of Fearless Change is to take small steps. Scrum is a much smaller step than XP. That's old news. Lot's of folks like to start with XP, that's OK by me. Probably a [...] Continue reading »

Last fall, I had the opportunity to hear Ross Pettit and Jane Robart present at the ThoughtWork QTB in Toronto. You can see the full presentation and slides on InfoQ. (Hint: if you are in Toronto, there is a talk on Legacy Systems coming up on Friday, Feb 5th). The most memorable phrase from the presentation is: All IT [...] Continue reading »